Panelists: Bureaucracy Adding to Comp Costs

When Virginia revised its medical fee schedule last month, many had a simple question: Did the change apply to bills with a date of service on or after the effective date of the revision, or to bills carriers received on or after that date? But according to at least one observer, officials with the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission wouldn’t answer the question. The reason the commission reportedly gave was that the issue was likely to be litigated. “It seems as of late there’s been more and more resistance from states to provide that clarification on...